Avengers: Endgame only in the near past celebrated it’s fifth anniversary and the movie’s administrators Joe and Anthony Russo have expressed skepticism about Robert Downey Jr.’s latest feedback suggesting he can be open to reprising his function as Iron Man within the MCU.
Earlier this month, Downey Jr. informed Esquire journal that he would fortunately go well with up as Iron Man once more, stating, “It’s too integral a part of my DNA. That role chose me. And look, I always say, never, ever bet against Kevin Feige. It is a losing bet. He’s the house. He will always win.”
When requested about Downey Jr.’s feedback , the Russo Brothers don’t purchase it in any way.
“I don’t know how they would do it. I don’t know what the road to that would be,” Anthony Russo informed Gamesradar, expressing uncertainty about how Iron Man may probably return given the actual fact he died preventing Thanos in Endgame.
Joe Russo added, “I mean, we closed that book, so it would be up to them to figure out how to reopen it.”
Currently, there aren’t any public plans to resurrect Iron Man within the MCU, however with the franchise’s ever-expanding storylines, followers can by no means rule out surprises.
Downey Jr. is at present driving excessive after lastly profitable his first Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for his efficiency in Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer. The Russo Brothers celebrated his achievement, with Joe saying, “His Oscar win was huge. It’s amazing to live vicariously through Robert, you know, that experience for him is so profound because of the journey he’s had. I mean, it’s one of the great stories of redemption. And he’s such a lovely person, such a hard-working person. He’s a generational actor, so that level of recognition for him, I think, was validation of his redemption arc.”
Previously, the Russo Brothers additionally addressed “superhero fatigue” and Marvel Studios challenges final yr on the field workplace.
“I think it’s a reflection of the current state of everything,” Joe Russo stated. “It’s difficult right now, it’s an interesting time. I think we’re in a transitional period and people don’t know quite yet how they’re going to receive stories moving forward, or what kinds of stories they’re going to want.”
“There’s a big generational divide about how you consume media. There’s a generation that’s used to appointment viewing and going to a theater on a certain date to see something, but it’s ageing out,” Joe Russo added. “Meanwhile the new generation are ‘I want it now, I want to process it now’, then moving onto the next thing, which they process whilst doing two other things at the same time.”
Summing up the challenges confronted not solely by Marvel however the whole leisure business amidst altering viewer habits and preferences, Joe Russo stated: “You know, it’s a very different moment in time than it’s ever been. And so I think everyone, including Marvel, is experiencing the same thing, this transition. And I think that really is probably what’s at play more than anything else.”